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0 pointsthfuran1y ago0 comments

The surface area of the planet is pretty much entirely unrelated to the cost of housing.

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Its variance is though. It is all owned, and controlled. If there was a new land rush then new housing would be almost free until the land was all claimed.

thfuranOP1y ago

Building a second Australia in the middle of the Pacific would have very little effect on the price of housing in London.

adammarples1y ago

Not true, because millions of people would migrate away

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0 pointsthfuran1y ago0 comments

The surface area of the planet is pretty much entirely unrelated to the cost of housing.

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adammarples1y ago

Its variance is though. It is all owned, and controlled. If there was a new land rush then new housing would be almost free until the land was all claimed.

thfuranOP1y ago

Building a second Australia in the middle of the Pacific would have very little effect on the price of housing in London.

adammarples1y ago

Not true, because millions of people would migrate away

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